Posted: Jan 11 2010 at 7:38am | IP Logged

While driving up a mountain road, my 2001 Frontier V6 SE Crew Cab started to shake and lose acceloration. If I continued to press the gas pedal, the engine with shake a bit and the check engine soon light illuminated.

The light would blink vs staying solid. The incline was fairly steep and was windy so I couldnt get above 30-35 mph or out of 3rd gear for about 4 miles.. I've taken this same route plenty of times but never experienced this! As usual, once I reached my destination, I noticed a slight chemical burning smell after I got out of the truck.. I figured it was the transmission just overworked..

Later that night, I was on the freeway traveling about 70mph and the same thing happend above with the check engine soon light, but once I got over the incline (very slight) everything went was back to normal..

Any Ideas?? New transmission?? Please no!! :-/